GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| pummel | pound |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |